ICISA Surety Week 2023 - event report

Author: Raluca Ezaru, ICISA

The second edition of ICISA “Surety Week” was successfully concluded on 16 February after a week packed with events. A year ago, when we launched this campaign, we a aimed to organize, “A worldwide celebration and exploration of the Surety sector”, underlying the role of the Surety and creating a dialogue between stakeholders within and outside the sector.

The second edition was an effort to highlight again the great work of ICISA members and the incredible professionals in our industry to a wider audience. Most importantly, we continued to grow awareness of the sector with diverse audiences to build greater understanding of the products, the sector and the key developments underway in our industry.

Throughout the week we heard from experts from sureties who shared their thoughts on challenges and new developments in the sector. But we also extended our invitation as speakers to banks, consultants, private equities, brokers as well as users of bonds who could discuss their perspective on our industry and the issues affecting it. Our speakers shared their views on topics as diverse as regulatory changes and sustainability, as well as many other important topics facing the industry today. Once again, we managed to see a genuine “buzz” created around this campaign, as well as the opening of new conversations within our community and the wider audience attending the sessions.

Throughout the week, we welcomed slightly over 3500 attendees across our 8 virtual sessions! These attendees were drawn from sureties themselves, but also huge numbers from brokers, servicers, banks, regulators and users of Surety products.

During this second edition of ICISA Surety Week, we saw again that there is real interest in the Surety sector, and the desire for an open dialogue between different parties. Now that Surety Week has been established as a must-see event, we look forward to continuing this conversation for the years to come.

One of ICISA’s core functions is to support spreading knowledge and best practices in the Credit Insurance and Surety sectors. Surety Week fulfilled this goal and we look forward to hosting it again next year. Trade Credit Insurance week too will return later in the year and we are excited to bring you even more great events in 2023 and beyond. We hope to see you there – online or in person!

Want to see the recordings of the panels organised during this edition of Surety Week?

We made these sessions available on our website.